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FARE-SEPARATING DEVICE.

1,276,144 Specification of Letters Patent. Pai gnted A11 21), 1918,

Original application filed. Ju1y 10, 1916, Serial No. 108,355. Divided and this application filed February 27,

. 1918. Serial No. 219,437.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, DAVID B. VVHIsTLnR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fare-Separating Devices, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to fare separating devices, and more particularly to such a device designed for use in connection with a registering fare box, the present application being a division of the application for patent filed by me July 10, 1916, Serial No.

As set forth in the above-mentioned application, fare boxes asheretofore used have been of two broad types: one a non-reg1stering box comprising merely a locked receptacle into which fares of all kinds are deposited, and from which they can be removed only by the properly authorized offinial; and the other, a fare box receiving coins only, which are registered according to their value and are then accessible to the conductor, or other collector, for the purpose of making change. lit has not been found practicable heretofore to provide a registering fare box which would handle both co ns and tickets. Consequently the tickets, which he a cash value, are necessarily handled by the conductor, and as the only check upon the conductor is an overhead register he, unscrupulous, is frequently able to hold out tickets, for which he can find a ready market at reduced prices, and the traflic in tickets of this kind frequently assumes such proportions as to impose heavy losses upon the street railway companies.

The object of the invention isto provide means whereby fares fboth kinds, coins and tickets, will be deposited in the fare box by the passenger andwwill not be handled by the conductor.

To this end a further object of the invention is to provide means for separating the diifcrent kinds of fares and delivering the coins to the coin registering devices, and delivering the tickets to a suitable receptacle; and, further, to provide such a devicewhich will be very simple in its construction and in its operation.

It is also an object of the invention to provide such a'separating device which will serve also to display the fares for examination. 7

It is also an object of the invention to provide, in a fare separator of this kind, an apertured member having the apertures of such a character that the coins will pass through the same freely, but tickets will be prevented from passing therethrough.

Other objects of the invention will appear as the mechanism is described in detail.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a sectional view taken just inside one of the frame members, showing the mechanism in elevation, and showing the examination box in elevation, partly broken away; Fig. 2 is a sectional'view taken just inside the casing showing the machine in front elevati on with. the examination box partly broken away; Fig. 3 is a plan view of the mechanism with the examination box and top piece of the casing removed; Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the driving mechanism; Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken longitudinally through the coin and ticket separating device, on an enlarged. scale: Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 6 6 of Fig. 5; Fig. 7 is a detail view of the fare guard and its operating mechanism; and Fig. '8 is a perspective view, partly broken away, of a fare separating device.

In carrying out my invention 1 have provided a separator adapted to receive fares of two or more kinds, such as coins and tickets, and having an, operable part to cause fares of one kind, such the tickets, to be positively discharged therefrom, while the fares of another kind, such as coins, will be otherwise discharged therefrom, preferably by gravity. It will be understood that the invention is not limited to use with any par ticular type of machine, and that the term fare as herein used is intended to designate not only a fare paid for transportation, but an admission fee, or a'charge paid for any purpose whatever, and in connection with the collection of which a mechanism of this kind can be utilized.

In the preferred form of the invention. the separator comprises two cooperating parts, one of which is adapted to receive both coins and tickets, and is provided with apertures, or discharge openings, through which the coins may pass, and-the otherpart of which is movable relatively to the first-mentioned part, and is adapted to move the tickets across the apertured partof the separator and discharge the same therefrom. The shape and character of the parts and the manner of operating the movable part may vary greatly, and it will be understood that the mechanism herein shown and described has been chosen for the purpose of illustration only. In that form of the invention illustrated in the accompanying drawings I have employed a flat apertured member, or plate, the apertures in which are so arranged that a coin moved across the plate will necessarily enter and pass through one of the openings. The openings in this member are, however, of such a character that tickets will not pass through the same. Cooperating with this apertured member is an endless belt having its lower stretch, or surface, arranged in close proximity to, and movable across, the apertured member so that it will engage the fares on the apertured member and move the tickets across the same, and will move such coins as have not passed through the apertures by gravity across the plate until they pass through the apertures therein. I also prefer to utilize the upper stretch of the belt as a display dev'ce for the fares to permit them to be readily examined by the conductor, and to this end the fares are deposited on the upper stretch of the belt, and the belt acts as a conveyor to deliver the fares to the apertured member of the separator.

The fare separating mechanism may be used in connection with a registering fare box, or with any other receptacle into which it is desirable to deposit the fares after they have been separated. In these drawings the separating device is shown as part of a registering fare box which is mounted within a casing 1, the upper part of which, 2, is in the form of a top plate, or casting, which forms a support for the examination box, or tower. This examination box is provided with one or more sight openings to permit the examination of fares within the same, and it is here shown as substantially rectangular in shape, and as comprising a plurality of glass walls, 3, which are secured at their upper edges by a top plate, or casting, 7, having an opening 8 through which fares of both kinds may be deposited, and are secured one to the other and to the top plate, or casting, 2, of the casing 1, by means of bolts 9, which, together with corner strips 13, serve to hold the plates rigidly in position. The bolts 9 are preferably covered with a yieldable material of some sort, such as rubber tubing, which contacts with the edges of the plates and forms a close dustproof oint, and which also serves as a buffer to prevent the breaking of the glass. The top plate, or casting, 2, of the casing l is provided with an opening conforming substantially to the contour of the examination box, and this opening is closed by means of a belt 39 forming part of the separating mechanism. The fares are deposited on the belt through the opening 8 of the top plate 7 of the examination box. Preferably some means are provided to prevent the removal of the fares through the opening in the examination box after they have once been deposited therein, and also to cause the fares to be delivered on the belt at the desired point. In the present construction a plate 17 extends downwardly from the top plate 7, about the opening 8, and forms a guide, or guard, for the fares which are paid into the box. This guide is surrounded by a housing 18 which is rigidly secured to and suspended from the top plate 7 of the examination box, and is of a depth somewhat less than the depth of the examination box. This housing is provided at its bottom, near one side thereof, with a discharge opening 20, through which the fares may escape, and which will cause them to be deposited on the belt near one side of the examination box. Arrangedwithin the housing 18 is a suitable guard to prevent the return of the fares after they have passed through the housing. As here shown this guard consists of a reel, or rotating structure, 19, having a plurality of pairs of curved fingers connected one to the other by transverse rods extending parallel with, but spaced from, a shaft 23, to which the fingers are rigidly secured. The shaft 23 is journaled in the housing, and is so arranged that the fingers of the rotatable device, or reel, will just clear the inner wall of the housing, the lower portion of which is curved, when the shaft is rotated. The operation of this fare guard is preferably accomplished by connecting it with the main operating mechanism of the fare box in a manner which will hereinafter be described.

In the present embodiment of the invention the fare box is hand-operated, and I have shown the same as provided with an actuating device, such as a crank 24, which is rotatably secured to one end of a shaft 25 which projects beyond one of the side walls of the casing 1, the connection being preferably formed by means of a sleeve 24, a clutch 25 and a retaining screw 24". A spring 25 acts on the clutch to hold the same normally closed when the handle 24 is operated, but is of such tension that if the resistance to the operation of the handle, due to an obstruction Within the fare box mechanism, exceeds a certain predetermined amount the clutch will yield to permit the handle to turn independently of the mechanism with which the shaft 25 is connected, thus preventing any injurious strain upon, or breakage of, the mechanism. The shaft 25 is rotatably mounted in a main frame 26, which, in the present instance, comprises a pair of parallel side members, upon which the various parts of the fare registering mechanism are mounted. Rigidly secured to this shaft, between one of the side members of the main frame and the adjacent wall of the casing, is a mutilated gear 27 which meshes intermittently with a gear 28 secured to a shaft 29, which is also journaled in the main frame 26. The gears 27 and 28 are held in proper relation one to the other by means of disks 2? and 28 secured to the respective gears, the relation of the parts being such that the shaft 29 and the parts carried thereby are moved through onequarter of a revolution upon eachcomplete rotation of the shaft 25 and the handle Also secured to the shaft 29, adjacent to the rear side member of the main frame, that is the side member remote from the handle, or crank, 24-, is a four-point peripheral cam 80, with which cooperates a roller 31 carried by a bell crank 32, which is pivoted at 38, the

roller 81 being held in contact with the cam by means of a spring 34, (See Fig 7.) The upper end of the pawl crank 32 is connected to a plate 35 which carries a bell 36 engaging a ratchet wheel 37 secured to the shaft 23 of the fare guard, or reel, 19, and held in engagement therewith by means of a spring 38. The relation of the cam 80 to the operating handle 24, through the shaft 29 and the connecting parts, is such that the shaft and cam are rotatcdone-quarter of a turn upon each full rotation of the handle, and this part rotation of the shaft operates through the cam and the pawl and ratchet connection to move the fare guard 19 through one-quarter of a revolution upon each operation of the fare box, that is, upon each full rotation of the handle. The fare guard is held against rotation in the opposite direction by means of a pawl 21 which is pirotally mounted on a stud 22 secured to the wall of the housing 18 and engages the ratchet wheel 37. Thus it will be seen that the fares, either coins or tickets, paid into the fare box will be delivered through the housing 18 onto the bottom of the box, which, in the present instance, consists of the upper stretch of the belt, and they will be displayed for examination through the glass walls of the examination box. Provision is also made for the passage of coins to the lower portion of the examination box, through. the open saaces inthe fare guard, without operating t e mechanism, as a further means of safeguarding the cash fares from the instant they are deposited in the box. I

The belt, 39, which forms the bottom of the examination box, also constitutes the movable member of the fare separator. This belt is here shown as mounted on drums 4L0 41, the drum l-l being, in the present instance, mounted on the shaft 29 and the, drum 10 being molmted on a shaft 42 journalcd in hearings in the side member of the main frame. This latter shaft is preferably provided with e rcentric bushings is mounted in the bearings therefor to permit the drum to be adjusted to regiiilate the ten sion on the belt, the eccentric bushings being held in their adjusted positions by means of screws For convenience in manufacturing, the belt mechanism may be assembled on a separate frame 26, which is supported by the shafts 29 and 42, which extend through said separate frame into the bearings of the main. frame 26. As has been explained, the shaft 29 is rotated through one-quarter of a rotationat each operation of the machine, that is, upon each complete rota ion of the operating handle, and consequently the drum ll will be actuated to a like exten and the belt 39 will be advanced step by rep upon successive operations of the machine. 1

to amount of movement imparted to the belt upon each operation. of the machine being considerably less than the width of the examination box it will be obvious that the fares which have been deposited near one sideof the box will remain in view on the belt through several operations of the box, thus allowing ample time for a careful examination thereof before they are delivered to the separating mechaism. ,iirranged beneath the belt, or conveyer, in close proximity to the lower stretch thereof is a relatively fixed sepa 'ating inane her, or apertured part which, as has been lained, is here shown as a flat plate hava plurality of ap'stures therein. The fares are delivered from the upper stretch of the belt to this plate through a chute 43, ex tending about the outer side of the drum ll, and o insure a positive delivery of the fares from the upper stretch of the belt to the apertured part of the separator I prefer to mount within the chute springs l-l and a' guard plate all which serve to hold the fares in contact with the belt until they are fully delivered to the apertured plate of the fare f nal ting device. Under ordinary conditions s rvice the belt will serve to deliver the ices to the separator, and to coact with the aperturcd part of the sop arator to separate the coins and tickets, but, if desired, the surface of the belt may be provided with projections, as shown at R. to enable the same to better act upon the fares. it will be apparent that as the fare; are delivered to the chute 5:3 by. the upper stretch ofthe belt the coins will, for the most part, move through the chute and onto the apertured plate by gravity, and they may be carried far enough by gravity to cause them to enter and pass through the openings in the apertured plate independently of the action of the belt, but should a coin, or coins, hang in the chute, or should they fail to move over the plate far enough to enter an opening they will then be acted upon by the lower stretch of the belt which will cause them to pass through openings in the apertured member of the separator. The tickets will be carried through the chute either by gravity, or by the action of the belt, and will then be engaged by the lower stretch of the belt and moved across the surface of the apertured member of the separator and discharged beyond the end of the apertured member. lVhile the coin and ticket separat ing devices will, under ordinary conditions, operate satisfactorily to separate the coins and tickets when the flat plate 45 is used and provided with apertures running directly through the same, there are circum stances under which a corner, or end, of the ticket may enter one of the openings and cause the ticket to be forced through the opening by the action of the movable part of the separator. To avoid the possibility of a ticket passing through an aperture, under any circumstances, I prefer to provide each aperture with a guard, which will elevate the end or corner of any ticket which may enter the same to the level of the plate to permit it to be moved past the opening by the movable part of the separator. "hese guards are shown in Figs. 5, 6 and 8 as deflectors 45, extending from the rear edge of the respective openings downwardly and forwardly beneath said openings. It will be obvious that a guard of this kind will be engaged by the edge of any ticket which may have a tendency to enter the opening and will prevent the edge of the ticket from catching under the edge of the opening and will positively prevent the ticket from passing through the opening. The coins being of a diameter less than the width of the openings will drop fiat on the deflectors and will then slide down through the forward part of the opening and thus be discharged from the separating plate. While the movable part of the separator will ordinarily act upon the fares in such a manner as to move the tickets over the apertured member of the separator, it may, under certain con ditions, be desirable to provide the latter with projections, as above explained, and to insure an absolutely positive movement of the tickets I have in the present construction shown the apertured part of the separator as provided with longitudinal grooves 45", which are of such a width as to receive and permit the passage of the projections on the belt, which are in the form of studs. Inasmuch as the grooves in the plate are not wide enough to receive a ticket, the tickets will rest upon the upper surface of the plate and the edges thereof will be engaged by the studs and the tickets positively moved across the plate.

The apertured, or relatively fixed, part of the separating mechanism may be fixed against movement, or, if desired, means may be provided to give the same a vibratory movement. In the present construction the plate has a slight oscillatory movement lengthwise of the movable member of the separator. The apertured member of the separator may be mounted in any suitable manner and when movement is imparted thereto this may be secured by any suitable means, but in the present instance this apertured member is'carried by, and forms a part of, a coin separating device which is adapted to separate the coins according to their denominations. This separator consists of the apertured plate 45 and other apertured plates 46 and 47, together with a solid plate 48, all of which are supported between the side walls of a supporting frame 418. The apertured member of the coin and ticket separator is approximately as wide as the belt 39, and is horizontally supported along the lower stretch thereof and cooperates with the belt, as has been heretofore explained. The apertures in the plates 45, 46 and 47 are graduated according to the respective diameters of the coins which the machine is adapted to handle, which, in the present instance, are pennies, nickels and dimes. The apertures in the plate 45 are large enough to permit coins of anyone of these three denominations to pass through them and Onto the succeeding plate 46, in which the apertures are large enough to permit the passage of pennies and the dimes, but are too small to permit the passage of nickels. The plate 47 which is arranged beneath the plate 46 has apertures large enough for dimes to pass through the plate 48, but these apertures are too small for the pennies. Thus it will be seen that the separation of the coins takes place as they are moved by gravity, and the momentum received from the operation of the machine, from the top to the bottom plates of the separator. The nickels which are retained by the plate 46, and the dimes which are retained by the bottom plate 48 are delivered by these plates to the coin registering de vices, and in the present instance they are delivered respectively into stacker tubes 52 and 53, which position them for the action of the registering devices. The pennies which are retained by the plate 47 are discharged from that side of the supporting frame opposite the stacker tubes into a penny box 54:. Preferably bafile plates 48 and 18" are interposed, respectively, between the separating plates 15 and 46, and i6 and 4&7, to cause the coins passing through the plate to be delivered onto the plate 16 near the upper edge thereof and to cause the coins passing through the plate 46 to be delivered onto the plate 417 near itsupper edge, the bafll'e plates preferably sloping toward their discharge ends. To secure a proper movement of the come through the separator it is preferable that vibratory movement should be imparted thereto, and as here shown the separator is mounted upon rock arms 56, there being preferably one rock arm at each corner of the rectangular frame 18. Movement is 1mparted to the rock arms by the crank 2 1 through a gear 60, the hub of which forms one of the clutch members 25, and which meshes with a gear 61 carried by a stud 62 mounted in one of the side mombers in the main frame 26. Secured to the outer face of the gear 61 is an eccentric cam 63 which is connected by a link 64: and rollers 65 and 66 to a rock arm 67 rigidly secured to a shaft 68, to which are secured two of the rock arms 56. The link (3% is provided with an elongated slot 6 1- to receive the stud 62 which passes through the link, and is provided with a collar, and cotter pin, to hold the link in proper relation with the cam 65. When the crank 52 1 s operated movement is imparted through the interconnecting parts described to therock arms 56, which are pinned to the shaft 68,

and through the rock arms to the coin separater which receives therefrom an oscillatin vibratory movement. The other arms 56hre mounted upon a shaft 74 and are connected to the first-mentioned arms 56 by links 57. By thus imparting vibratory movement to the coin separator the coins are kept constantly in motion, when the fare box is operated, and are caused to gravitate rapidly through the same. To prevent any possibility of the registering mechanism being clogged by mutilated coins, or foreign objects, dropped into the box, the openings, 1-9 and 50, between the front wall of the oscillating frame of the coin separator and the plates 416 and 48 thereof, are graduated approximately to the respective thicknesses of nickels and dimes, so that mutilated coins, or foreign ob ects, thicker than coins will be prevented from passing through the respective openings into the stacker tubes,-where they might in tcrferc with the registering mechanism.

The coins delivered to the stacker mechanism are acted upon by suitable registering mechanism to register the value thereof, but inasmuch as this mechanism is not a part of the present invention it is unnecessary to desribe tie same in this application. The

tickets are delivered by the coin andticket separating devices to suitable canceling rolls which may act upon the ticket inany suitable manner to cancel them, or so mark them that they cannot be again used. In the present instance the canceling devices comprise a series of perforating disks 157, which are mounted on a shaft 153 carried by a supplemental frame 156 mounted on the main frame 26. One end of the shaft 153 extends beyond the frame 26 and has secured thereto a gear 158 which meshes with the gear 61 which, as has been explained, is operatively connected with the operating handle. A second shaft 154 is arranged parallel with the shaft 153 and has mounted thereon .a series of felt washers 159, so arranged as to .provide spaces between the washers, which spaces register with the disks 157. Secured to the end of the shaft 154 is a gear 161 which meshes with the gear 158 on the shaft 158, thus causing this shaft to be positively operated. Mounted on a shaft 155 is a yoke 162 supporting, in open bearings 163, an inked roller 16st which is held in contact with the felt washers 159 by means of a spring 165. The yoke 162 is provided with finger-piece 166 by mean of which the yoke may be moved away from the inked roller when it is desired to remove the roller or to apply ink thereto. The shaft 154 is provided with screws 16?, by means of which the canceling roller 159 may be adjusted relatively to the roller 157 to regulate the depth of the perforations of the tickets as they pass through the canceling device. Through the gear connection with the main operating mechanism of the fare box the conceling rollers are rotated whenever the fare box is operated, and as the tickets are delivered thereto from the coin and ticket separator they will be canceled both by perforation and inking, and will then be delivered by the canceling rollers into a receptacle, or storage box, 55.

The operation of the device will be readily understood from the foregoing description of the several parts thereof and it will be apparent that l have provided means which is very simple both in its construction and operation for positively separating coin and ticket fares, and that this separating means is of such a character that it will also serve to display the fares for examination. While I have shown and described one embodiment of myinvention I wish it to be understood 1 that I do not desire to be limited to the de tails of construction as various modifications will occur to a person skilled in the art.

Having now fully described my invention, what 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. in a registering fare box, an examination box, a coin and ticket separating device having a part arranged to receive coins and tZClCGtS and to support the same within the examination box, and means to impart step by step movement to said part to display the fares thereon.

2. In a machine of the character described, a separator for fares of different kindscom prising cooperating parts, one of said parts being adapted to receive fares, display the same for examination, and to then cooperate with the'other part to separate said fares.

3. In a machine of the character described, a separator for fares of different kinds comprising cooperating parts, one of said parts being adapted to receive fares, display the same for examination, and to then cooperate with the other part to separate said fares, and means to impart intermittent movement to the first-mentioned part.

4:. In a machine of the character described, a separator for fares of different kinds comprising cooperating parts, one of said parts being adapted to receive fares, display the same for examination, and to then cooperate with the other part to separate said fares, and a casing inclosing said separator and having a sight opening through which the fares displayed on the first-mentioned part may be examined.

5. In a mechanism of the character de scribed, a separator for coin and ticket fares comprising cooperating parts, one of said parts being adapted to receive the fares, display the same for examination, deliver the same to the other of said parts, and remove the tickets from said other part.

6. In a mechanism of the character described, a part adapted to receive both coin and ticket fares and having an opening through which coins may pass without permitting the passage of tickets, and a part coacting therewith to remove the tickets therefrom, said last-mentioned part being adapted to receive and display the fares before they are delivered to the firstmentioned part.

7. In a mechanism of the character described, a part adapted to receive both coin and ticket fares and having an opening through which coins may pass without permitting the passage of tickets, and a positively actuated device to receive the fares, display the same, deliver them to said part, and then remove the tickets from said part.

8. In a mechanism of the character de scribed, a part adapted to receive both coin and ticket, fares and having an opening through which coins may pass without permitting the passage of tickets, and a positively actuated device to receive fares, display the same, deliver them to said part, and then cooperate with said part to separate the tickets from the coins.

9. In. a mechanism of the character de scribed, a part adapted to receive both coin and ticket fares and having an opening through which coins may pass without permitting the passage of tickets, and an endless conveyor to receive the fares, display the same, deliver them to said part, and then cooperate with said part to separate the tickets from the coins.

10. A separator for coin and ticket fares comprising a part arranged to receive and display both coins andtickets, a second part cooperating with the first part to separate the coins and tickets, and means to actuate one 'of said parts to cause said separation to be accomplished.

.11. A separator for coin and ticket fares comprising cooperating parts, one of said parts being movable relatively to the other and having a supporting surface to receive and display both coins and tickets, and means to actuate said movable part to cause the fares-on said supporting surface to be delivered to the other part, and to cause the cooperation of said parts to separate the coins and tickets.

12. A separator for coin and ticket fares comprising a part adapted to receive coin and ticket fares and having an opening through which the coins may pass without permitting the passage of tickets, and a sec- 0nd part mounted for movement relatively to the first part and having a supporting surface to receive and display both coins and tickets, said second part being so arranged that the movement thereof will cause it to deliver said coins and tickets to said first part, and will also cause it to cooperate with said part to remove the tickets therefrom.

13. In a registering fare box, a fare separating device comprising a part to receive mixed coin and ticket fares and having an aperture through which coins may pass without permitting the passage of the tickets, and means to positively cause the discharge of tickets from said part.

14. In a mechanism of the character described, a part adapted to receive both coin and ticket fares and having an opening through which coins may pass without permitting the passage of tickets, and a part coacting therewith to remove the tickets therefrom.

15. In a mechanism of the character described, a part adapted to receive both coin and ticket fares and having an opening through which coins may pass without permitting thepassage of tickets, and a positively actuated part to remove the tickets from the firstunentiohed part.

16. In a mechanism of the character described, a part adapted to receive both coin and ticket fares and having an opening through which coins may pass without permitting the passage of tickets, and a part movable along the surface of the first-mentioned part to remove the tickets therefrom.

17. In a mechanism of the character dement toone of said members relatively to the other to cause the coins-to pass through therefrom.

said apertures and to discharge the tickets from sa d members.

18. In a mechanism of the character described, a separator comprising cooperating members arranged to act upon coin and ticket fares, one of said members being apertured, and means for imparting movement to the other of said members relatively to said apertured member to cause the coins to .pass through said apertures and discharge the tickets from said member 19. In a mechanism of the character de scribed, a separator comprising cooperating members arranged to receive between them coin and ticket fares, one of said members being apertured, means for imparting vibratory movement to said apertured member, and means for imparting movement to the other of said members relatively to said apertured member to cause the coins to pass through said. apertures and discharge the tickets from between said members.

20. In a mechanism of the character de scribed, a device having an apertured surface to receive coins and tickets, and a device movable along said apertured surface to cause the coins to pass through said apertures and to remove the tickets from said surface.

521. In a mechanism of the character described, an apertured device to receive coin and ticket fares, and a part coacting therewith to cause the coins to passthrough the apertures therein and to remove the tickets therefrom.

In a mechanism of the character described, a device having an apertured surface to receive coin and ticket fares, and another device having a surface extending lengthwise of said. apertured surface and arranged in proximity thereto, and means for actuating the last-mentioned device to cause the coins to pass through said apertures and to remove the tickets from said apertured surface.

In a mechanism of the character described, a device having an apertured surface to receive coin and ticket fares, a second device arranged. substantially parallel with said apertured surface and movable lengthwise. thereof to act upon the upon said apertured surface to cause the coins to pass through saidopenings and the tickets to be discharged from said apertured surface.

24f. In a mechanism of the character de scribed, a device having an apertured surface to receive coin and ticket fares, said surface being arranged in a substantially horizontal position, and a part having a surace arranged substantially parallel to said iorizontal surface, in close proximity there 0, and adapted to act on the fares on said urface to cause the coins to pass through said apertures and to discharge the tickets 25. in a mechanism of the character described, a device having an apertured surface to receive coin and ticket fares, a movable device to deliver said fares to said apertured surface, and having a part adapted to act upon said fares to movethem over said surface thereto.

5261 In a mechanism ofthe character described, a deviee having an apertured surface to receive coin and ticket fares and a conveyor to deliver said fares to said apertured surface, and having a part arranged in close proximity to said surface to move said fares over the same.

27. In a mechanism of the character described, a device havin an apertured surface to receive coin and ticket fares, and a beltextending along said apertured surface.

in close proximity thereto to move said fares along said surface.

28. In a mechanism of the character described, a device having an apertured surface to receive coin and ticket fares, a belt having a portion of its length arranged substantially parallel with said surface and movable lengthwise thereof, and projections carried by said belt to engage the fares and move them along said surface.

29. In a mechanism of the character described, a device having an aperturcd surface to receive coin and ticket fares, a belt supported adjacent to said surface and adapted to receive the fares and deliver them to said surface and to then move them over said surface to cause the coins to pass through the apertures therein and to cause the tickets to be discharged therefrom.

80. In amechanism of the character described, a device having a substantially horn- .zcontal apertured surface to receive coin and ticket fares, an endless belt arranged substantially parallel with said surface and adapted to receive fares upon its upper stretch, a chutearranged at one endof said belt and cooperating therewith to cause the fares thereon to be delivered to said apertured surface, the lower stretch of said belt being arranged to act upon said fares while they are on said supporting surface and move them along the same.

31. In a mechanism of the character described, a device having asubstantially hori zontal apertured surface to receive coin and ticket fares, an endless belt arranged above said surface and adapted to receive fares on the upper stretch thereof and deliver them to said apertured surface, and means todeliver after they have been delivered the fares to said upper stretch of said belt at a point remote from the discharge end thereof, the other stretch of said belt being arranged to act on said fares after they have been delivered to said apertured surface.

32. In a. mechanism of the character described, a device having a substantially horizontal apertured surface to receive coin and ticket fares, an endless belt arranged above said surface and adapted to receive fares on the upper stretch thereof and deliver them to said apertured surface, means to deliver the fares to said upper stretch of said belt at a point remote from the discharge end thereof, the other stretch of said belt being arranged to act on said fares after they have been delivered to said apertured surface and means to intermittently operate said belt.

33. In a mechanism of the character described, a device having an apertured surface to receivecoin and ticket fares, an endless belt having one stretch arranged adjacent to said surface to act upon the fares thereon and having its other stretch arranged to receive fares, and means for imparting intermittent movement to said belt to cause the fares received by the last-mentioned stretch thereof to be delivered to said apertured surface.

34. In a mechanism of the character de scribed, a device having an apertured surface to receive coin and ticket fares, an endless belt having one stretch arranged adjacent to said apertured surface and having its other stretch arranged to receive fares, means for actuating said belt to cause the fares received by the last-mentioned stretch thereof to be delivered to said apertured surface and to cause that stretch thereof adjacent to said apertured surface to move the fares along the same, and an inclosure for said device and said belt having a sight opening through which the fares on said belt may be inspected.

35. In a mechanism of the character described, a fare separating device comprising a belt having one stretch adapted to receive the fares and means to actuate said belt to cause the fares to be discharged from one end thereof, and an inclosure for said belt having a sight opening through which the fares thereon may be examined, and having a passageway to deliver the fares directly to said belt at a point remote from the discharge end thereof.

36. In a mechanism of the character described, a belt arranged to receive fares and discharge them at one end thereof, an inclosure for said belt having a sight opening through which the fares on said belt may be examined, said inclosure also having an opening in which the fares may be deposited by the passengers, and a passageway to deliver the fares from said opening onto said belt at a point remote from the discharge end thereof.

37 In a mechanism of the character described, a conveyer having a portion of its surface arranged to receive fares, means for actuating said conveyer to cause said fares to be advanced and discharged therefrom, an inclosure for said conveyer having a sight opening to enable the fares thereon to be examined and having a pessageway through which the fares may be deposited by the passenger directly onto said conveyer at a pointremote from the point of discharge of said fares.

38. In a mechanism of the character described, a main frame, a separating device supported by said main frameand having an apertured surface, a supplemental frame mounted on said main frame adjacent to said device, drums j ournaled in said supplemental frame, and an endless belt passing about said drums and having one surface arranged in proximity to the aperturcd surface of said separating device.

39. In a mechanism of the character described, a separating device having an apertured surface to receive coin and ticket fares, means for imparting vibratory movement to said apertured surface, and a belt arranged adjacent to said apertured surface and cooperating therewith to cause the coins to pass through said openings and the tickets to be discharged therefrom.

40. In a mechanism of the character described, a separating device having an apertured surface to receive coin and ticket fares,

means to impart vibratory movement to said apertured surface in a substantially horizontal plane, and an endless belt arranged to coact with said apertured surface and having movement lengthwise thereof.

. 4-1. In a mechanism of the character described, a separating device having an apertured surface to receive coin and ticket fares, an endless belt mounted with one stretch thereof in proximity to said apertured surface, and means for imparting vibratory movement to said actuating device and intermittent movement to said belt.

4-2. In a mechanism of the character described, a device having a surface arranged to receive coin and ticket fares, said surface having ribs extending lengthwise thereof, and having apertures therein, and a part mounted for movement lengthwise of said ribbed surface and having projections extending between the ribs to act upon the fares on said device.

43. In a mechanism of the character described, a device having a surface arranged to receive coin and ticket fares, said surface having ribs extending lengthwise thereof,

and having aperture therein, a belt mounted adjacent to said device and movable "along said ribbed surface, and projections carried by said belt and adapted to extend between said ribs.

ea. In a mechanism of the character de; scribed, a device having a surface arranged to receive coin and ticket fares, said surface having ribs extending lengthwise thereof and having apertures therein, a belt mounted adjacent to said device and movable along said ribbed surface, projections carried by said belt and adapted to extend between said ribs and means for imparting vibratory movement to said ribbed surface.

If). In a mechanism of the character (le scribed, a separating device having an apen tin-ed top-plate to receive coin and ticket fares, and having other devices arranged beneath said top-plate to separate the coins according to their denominations, and a part movable along said apertured top-plate to cause the coins to pass through the apertures therein and to remove the tickets therefrom.

16. In a mechanism of the character described, a separating device comprising a member to receive coin and ticket fares and having apertures to permit the passage of the coins through the same, a second member arranged below said apertured member and having apertures to permit the passage of all coins except those of the largest denomination, a discharge opening for the coins retained on said. last-mentioned memher, a part mounted for movement along the firstmentioned member to cause the coins to pass through the apertures therein and to remove the tickets therefrom, and means to impart vibratory movement to said separating device.

4.7. In a mechanism of the character described, a separating device comprising a' member to receive coin and ticket fares and having apertures to permit the passage of the coins through the same, a second mem her arranged below said apertured member and having apertures to permit the passage of all coins except those of the largest denomination, said last-mentioned member being inclined and having a discharge opening at the lower end thereof, a baflle plate mounted between the two members to cause the coins through the same, a second member arranged below said apertured member and having apertures to permit the passage of all coins except those of the largest denomination, a discharge opening for the coins retained on said last-mentioned memher, and a belt arranged to cooperate with the first-mentioned apertured member to cause the coins to pass through the same and tickets to be discharged therefrom.

4.9. In machine of the character described, a receiving box for fares, and a separator for coin and ticket fares comprising a conveyer to deliver the fares from said receiving box to said separator and acting on the fares to cause the coins and the tickets to be separated when said parts are operated.

50. In a machine of the character described, a receiving box for fares, and a separator for mixed coin and ticket fares comprising a belt having its upper stretch arranged to receive the fares paid into said box and to deliver the same to said separa tor and having its lower stretch arranged to form a part of, and cooperating with, said separator to separate the coins and tickets delivered thereto.

51. In a machine of the character de scribed, a receiving box for fares, and separator for mixed coin and ticket fares comprising a belt adapted to receive the fares paid into said box and deliver the same to said separator, and forming a part of, and cooperating with, said separator to separate the coins and tickets delivered thereto.

52. In a machine of the character described, a receptacle for mixed fares, a separator comprising a belt to convey fares from the receptacle to the separator, an inclosure for the belt having a sight opening through which fares thereon may be examined, a plurality of receptacles to receive the fares from the separator, and means to operate said machine.

53. In a machine of the character described, a separator for mixed fares com prising a belt to convey fares thereto, an inclosure for the belt having a sight opening through which fares thereon may be examined, a plurality of receptacles to receive the fares from the separator, and means to operate said machine.

54's In a machine of the character described, mechanism to separate fares comprising a conveyer to deliver fares thereto, an inclosure for the conveyer having a sight opening through which fares thereon may be examined as to their value, and means to operate said machine.

55. In a machine of the character described, a separator for mixed fares comprising a belt adapted to receive the fares and deliver the same to the-separatonand means to control the fares in passing from the belt to the separator when said parts are operated.

56; A fare separating device comprising a part- .to receive coin and ticket fares, said part having apertures to permit the passage of coins and also having guards extending downwardly and forwardly beneath said apertures, and means to move the tickets along said apertured part and past said apertures.

57 A fare separating device comprising a part to receive coin and ticket fares, said part having apertures to permit the passage of coins and also having guards extending downwardly and forwardly from the rear edges of the respective apertures, and a part movable along said apertured part toremove the tickets therefrom.

58. A fare separating device comprising a part to receive coin and ticket fares, and a partto move said fares along the supporting surface of the first-mentioned part, said first-mentioned part having apertures to permit the passage of coins therethrough, and having deflectors to elevate the edge of any ticket which may enter one of said apertures.

59. A fare separating device comprising a part to receive coin and ticket fares, and a part arranged substantially parallel with the supporting surface of the first-mentioned part and movable along said surface to move the fares over the same, said first-mentioned part having apertures to permit the passage of coins therethrough, and having deflectors extending downwardly and forwardly from the rear edges of the respective apertures to engage the edges of any tickets which may tend to enter said apertures and elevate the same to the level of said supportingsurface.

60. In a fare separating device, a separatin g member having an opening therein, and means cooperating therewith to prevent the passage of tickets through said opening but to permit the passage of coins therethrough.

61. In a fare separating device, a sepaceplel of this patent may be obtained for the cents each, by addressing the Commissioner 0! heat,

rating member having an opening therein,

vent the passage of tickets through said opening, said means being arranged to permit the passage of coins through said opening.,

62. In a fare separating device, a sepal'atingmember having an opening therein and having a guard extending beneath said opening and arranged to permit the passage of coins through the opening but to prevent the passage of tickets therethrough.

68. In a fare separating device, a separating member comprising an apertured plate, and a guard rigidly secured to saidplate adjacent to said aperture and arrangedbeneath and spaced from said aperture to permit the passage of coins through the'aperture but to prevent the passage of tickets therethrough.

64. In a fare separating device, a separating member having an opening therein, and a guard arranged beneath said opening, extending transversely thereof and so arranged with relation thereto that it will permit the passage of coins through said opening but will prevent the passage of tickets thercthrough.

65. In a fare separating device, a. fare separating member having an opening therein, a guard beneath said opening extending from one edge thereof obliquely to the plane of said separating member, and arranged to permit the passage of coins through the opening but to prevent the passage'of tickets therethrough.

66. In a fare separating device, a fare separating member having an opening therein and capable of bodily movement, a guard carried by and movable with said separating member, and arranged beneat-hthe same to permit the passage of coins through said opening but to prevent the passagev of tickets therethrough.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signa-- ture hereto. t t

D. B. IVI-IISTLERQ wuhinzton, D. 6." 

